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The area near the confluence of the Des Plaines and Kankakee Rivers in northeastern Illinois contains the largest inland port in North America. Centuries of flows of water, traders, settlers, and non-humans have defined a corridor that exists in four dimensions. This paper will discuss the ways this corridor can help us rethink the spatiality and temporality of infrastructure.